Blogging fail

I have been a total flake when it comes to blogging consistently. When I started this blog I originally wanted to blog 2 times a week! It's crazy that it's been months since my last real blog, but I guess I don't want to fake it. I don't want to write a blog when I feel like the Lord hasn't moved my heart because then this blog would be more about me and less about what the Lord has been teaching me. That being said, here goes a small life update.

If you saw my last blog you would have seen my sister getting married. Actually, in the particular picture my dad was giving her away, but you know what I mean. The wedding was last Saturday and the ceremony was beautiful, I was amazed at how my sister and Cheyne completely stayed true to their values. If anyone would have replicated their wedding it would have been tacky but because it was Stephanie & Cheyne, it was perfect. Hopefully you can't tell in any of the pictures taken, but the entire time I was on the verge of losing it because of all the joy in my heart. Simply beautiful.

Moving on, school has started! I love my Social Work classes. I hate my 3 hour blocks of class. No, but really, since my classes are scheduled for me and only offered at one time every SW class is once a week so I literally have class for 7 hours in a row on Tuesdays and then work. Not that I'm complaining because my classes are filled with hypothetical situations and mock cases which are a blast, but it is definitely draining.


The Lord continues to provide in my life. I think I am starting to realize I don't need a lot of friends to be happy. I think I just need a few friends I can call community, my family and the Lord. (Sorry to continue talking about this) Due to the wedding a lot of my family came in from out of town and I was constantly reminded how blessed I am to have such a huge and loving family. These people truly care about me and would be here in a minute if I needed help.

I have recently discovered my love for writing letters. Not facebook messages or emails, actual handwritten letters that you mail...with a stamp. That's all I am going to say about that for now.

That's all I want to blog about for now. Usually when I blog it sparks something inside that forces me to blog 3 more times in the next 24 hours and maybe I'll have something insightful to say. We'll see.

My Sister's Wedding

This is new.

Is this the start of something new? Let's hope I get good at blogging to keep my friends and family up to date. I'm shooting for everyday but let's be real, my practical goal is 2 times a week!

I moved into my dorm yesterday and so far so good! 2 out of 3 of my room mates have moved in and I really like them! They live across the living room from me and I hope I get to know them better this year. My actual roommate (that I share a bathroom with) is moving in tomorrow and I am pretty pumped about it to say the least. Last night at 10ish I finished setting up my room and am finally all moved in! I am so thankful that my parents made the 10 hour (round trip) drive just to help me move in, I was extremely stressed out and without them I would have had a heart attack. I am so lucky to have parents that would do this for me and hope they know how appreciative I am of them. One week from today I will have finished my first day of Sophomore year and so it begins...

This morning when I woke up I read a little bit of Numbers and a little bit of Romans. In Numbers I read a lot more about the people of Israel and they lashing about against God pretty bad. The thing is they really wanted to eat meat and were complaining to Moses that they were hungry for meat and it's not fair because they had so much meat before they started all this Godmumbojumbo. So God gets pretty upset because they can't seem to just follow Him without all these questions and without whining and He pulls Moses aside and He says "I'll have the meat, and I'll have so much of it that it will be coming out of your ears" Moses doesn't really believe Him but brings some people the next day, long story short all of a sudden there was quail overflowing out of the sea. Anyways, it got me thinking- Do I truly believe God is in control of my life? and when I complain that life's a drag, how does it sound to God? When has He given me what I begged for? Did I regret that He did? I do believe that God is in control of my life, and I so often without thinking about it complain that my life is boring or so "hard". I've never once thought how insulting that must sound to God. And He has given me what I've begged for a number of times but right away I turn around and forget who gave it to me. Then I read Romans 2 and thought it was so harsh but I needed it. I found that the devil had gotten to me and created a bitter tone while reading. Don't get me wrong Romans 2 is hard to read but it's needed and I can't forget that God wants me to succeed. He gets His heart broken when we fail and it does upset Him but He isn't going to shun me forever. I need hard evidence in my life to back up being a "real doer", just talking about religion isn't enough.


I have been praying about going to Australia for Study Abroad in Spring 2011 and if you'd like to pray for that as well that would be awesome. Also, I am doing 40 days of believing God [http://blog.greggstutts.com/] you should do that, or if not please pray for Kristin and I to finish strong! (we're on day 16).

So I guess that wraps up my first blog ever. Yay. Update soon, promise!

P.S. My sister just moved into her house and it's really neat! I am really excited for her!